At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne.
Robert Burton
- Rev. Marvin
- (uncredited)
George Chan
- Li Kwan
- (uncredited)
Sophie Chin
- Celeste - Nurse
- (uncredited)
Peter Chong
- Fen Tso Lin - Merchant
- (uncredited)
Doris Chung
- Clinic Nurse
- (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
- Father O'Shea
- (uncredited)
Don Forbes
- Father Keller
- (uncredited)
Candace Lee
- Girl Singing 'My Old Kentucky Home'
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWilliam Faulkner completed an adaptation of the 1950 novel for Director Howard Hawks, a longtime collaborator, but the results were deemed "rather dull and sincere, with an abundance of narration" by Hawks biographer Todd McCarthy, and was shelved.
- GoofsThroughout the climactic confrontation as Carmody and Mieh Yang sit next to each other, Mieh Yang's bald head shifts repeatedly between sunshine and shadow.
- Quotes
Dr. David Sigman: [of prostitutes] Don't tell me the Church gives up on 'em, father! Medicine doesn't give up...
Jim Carmody: When medicine reaches a point where it never has to walk hopelessly away from a case, then you can criticize the Church because it left some... spiritual illness uncured.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Bogart: The Untold Story (1997)
- SoundtracksA LOAF OF BREAD
Written by Ken Darby (based on traditional "The Old Gray Goose")
Sung by Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney
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Considering it provides a rare opportunity to see Bogart in colour, is set during the civil war in China, Bogart pretends to be a gun-toting priest in his most bizarre role since playing a vampire over fifteen years earlier in 'The Return of Dr X' and Lee J. Cobb plays a Chinese warlord, you come out of it thinking "is that it?"
Bogart looks very old and tired, but he and the rest of the cast all do good work; although Victor Young's obtrusive score over-eggs the pudding as usual.
Bogart looks very old and tired, but he and the rest of the cast all do good work; although Victor Young's obtrusive score over-eggs the pudding as usual.
- richardchatten
- Oct 8, 2021
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- $1,785,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 2.55 : 1
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